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Bloodborne Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa Is Leaving Sony
25.2.2021
Today on Twitter, producer Masaaki Yamagiwa announced that he is leaving Sony’s Tokyo-based Japan Studio. He is not leaving the game industry, however.Read more
From This Day Forth, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Shall Be Known As Jet Set Radio 2
25.2.2021
Fans have been asking Sega for decades now to make a Jet Set Radio sequel, and since the company seemingly isn’t interesting, some fans are stepping in to do it themselves.Read more
BioWare Says It’s Giving Up On Anthem
24.2.2021
Anthem development has been canceled, BioWare Austin studio director Christian Dailey announced today.Read more
Pokémon Go Devs Have Punished Over 5 Million Cheaters Since 2020
24.2.2021
Niantic, the studio behind augmented reality mobile games like Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress, has reportedly punished over 5 million cheaters since the beginning of 2020, with over 1 million players receiving permanent bans across the three games.Read more
Star Wars: Republic Commando Comes To PS4 And Switch Over A Decade Later
24.2.2021
Tactical first-person shooter Star Wars Republic Commando is finally coming to other platforms, port studio Aspyr Media announced today. Originally released on PC and Xbox, the Clone Wars-era game will launch on PS4 and Switch on April 6. Read more
I Hope Halo Infinite Sounds Half As Great As Ori And The Will Of The Wisps
24.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s listen to the soundtrack for one of last year’s best games: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the ethereal platformer from Moon Studios.Read more
Final Fantasy XVI Is Taking Steps For Players Who Don't Like Action Role-Playing Games
24.2.2021
During a recent radio interview, producer Naoki Yoshida was asked about Final Fantasy XVI. Previously, he’s mentioned that Square Enix didn’t want to say “something that’s half-baked” that would cause speculation. What’s more, he’s discussed the need to manage expectations for the game. Read more
More PC Games Get Magical DLSS Support
24.2.2021
Two more PC games have gotten DLSS support—a form of modern sorcery—from Nvidia, meaning anyone with a card that supports the tech will now be getting much better performance.Read more
Stardew Valley Is Now A Co-Op Board Game
24.2.2021
For the past two years, designers Eric Barone and Cole Medeiros—who met while playing Stardew Valley online—have been working on turning the idyllic video game into something folks can play on a table.Read more
Yakuza's Producer Would Like To Bring Its 17th & 19th Century Spinoffs To The West
24.2.2021
While Sega has eventually managed to bring all the main Yakuza games to the West, we’ve still never gotten the series’ two historical spinoffs, Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! and Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!.Read more
Persona 5 Strikers’ Menus Are As Vibrantly Alive As Its Cast
24.2.2021
Video game menus are like assholes—every game has them and more often than not, they stink. They are often the least-pretty, least splashy part of an otherwise beautiful game, partly because they aren’t central to gameplay (unless it’s Crusader Kings or something). But Persona 5 Strikers shows us...
Blade & Soul Revolution Launches Worldwide Next Week
23.2.2021
NCSoft’s martial arts epic Blade & Soul is one of my favorite massively-multiplayer online role-playing games in recent memory. Launching March 4 for iOS and Android, Blade & Soul Revolution is the free-to-play mobile adaptation of the PC game. And half of you left. I really should save...
Internet Unites For Amazing Wii Shop Channel Jam Session
23.2.2021
Composer, musician, and YouTuber Alex Moukala let loose a funky, bass-tastic remix of the Nintendo Wii theme music on Twitter yesterday and then invited other artists to do the same. The result is an impromptu jam session full of super-talented people showing their love for one of gaming’s...
Gran Turismo 7 Isn't Happening In 2021
23.2.2021
Gran Turismo 7 has been delayed until 2022.Read more
Valheim, As Told By Steam Reviews
23.2.2021
I’m getting the impression that maybe, just maybe, Valheim’s five-person development team might be onto something. Since the Viking survival game’s Steam release earlier this month, it’s sold 3 million copies. Over the weekend, more than 500,000 people played it at once. But what do players...
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Will Cost $10 To Upgrade To PS5 And Xbox Series X/S Versions
23.2.2021
Last year’s remaster of the first two Tony Hawk Pro Skater games is heading to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch, Activision announced today. Unfortunately, those looking to upgrade their existing copy of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 to the next-gen version will need to shell out an extra $10.Read more
PS4-Exclusive Days Gone Coming To PC This Spring
23.2.2021
Open world zombie slaughter sim Days Gone will be the latest first-party Sony game to get ported to PC, British GQ reports in a new interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan. The news was later confirmed on Twitter by Days Gone maker Sony Bend Studio. Read more
PlayStation's 'Play At Home' Program Returns, Ratchet & Clank Free Next Month
23.2.2021
Last year, Sony kickstarted the Play At Home initiative, a program that provided free game to PlayStation players in the hopes of promoting social distancing. Next month, Sony will bring the program back.Read more
The Half-Life 2 RTS Is Finally "Out" After 13 Years Of Development
23.2.2021
For over a decade now, a group of fans have been working on Lambda Wars, a real-time strategy game set in the Half-Life universe. Originally a Half-Life 2 mod, and later a standalone beta, the thing is now finished, or as finished as a game ever gets these days, anyway.Read more
Stadia Developers Can't Fix The Bugs In Their Own Game Because Google Fired Them
23.2.2021
Apart from the sacking of about 150 developers, the throttling of Google Stadia has left a ton of early adopters well and truly in the lurch. Stadia was maligned from the start, and if the latest experience of Stadia users is any indication, it’s sure as hell not leaving a positive impression...